The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-25
OVER THE STATE.

dropsy of the heart.
One hundred and four newspapers
in the state support the proposed com
slitutinnaI amendment.
CsmiIus Hawkins has taken charge
Of the Tri County News and is max
ing bright, newsy paper.
The Obion county Knights of La
Dor and Wheelers will have celebra
ton at Union City July 4lh.
A. H. Fowler, living four miles
south of Lewisburg, fell downstairs
and was probably fatally injured.
Charles A. Goodwin, of Brayton,
was knocked down and robbed of Sl9.
so in Dayton by an unknown man.
The people of Murfreesboro ere
making arrangements for an old fash
toned celebration of the Fourth of
July.
James Bowman, town marshal of
Athens, has been arrested and bound
over to answer the charge of having
assaulted his sister, Mary Bowman,
with caue.
Twenty men have been killed in
the SpringtOwn, Polk county, district
during the past twenty.tOur years.
Not one of the guilty parties have
been punished.
Robert Gam, residing in the ninth
district of Wilson, county was thrown
in front Of a reaper and literally cut
to pieces. He leaves widow and
several children.
"Urcle Jack Gilbert, of McKen.
zie, who has attained the age Of eigh-
ty-seven years, was given "a birthday
party last week by his children, grand
childreR aud great-grandchildren.
Hundreds OF people were in attend.
aDce.
Union City Democrat : Congress
man Glass will sail for Europe some
time this summer. We wish him
pleasant voyage, profitable visit and
a safe return-and we feel sure the
Brownsville es.Democrat will join
us in our well wishes.
Mckenzie News We we're shown
aprivate letter last Monday from the
Rev. sam Jones, in which he virtu,
ally promised to lecture on Prohibi.
ton at Huntins don, Tenn, immedi>
ately preceding the election. He has
promised to give fifteen more days to
the work in Tennessee.
This puts an additional SO. 90 attor-
ney fee for filing the bills and 10 per
cent. for court costs, besides the In
terest an1 penalties. This stringent
law has tendency to make those who
dave heretofore been negligent about
l,aying their taxes come forward and
settle before the first of next month.
A telephone message from Perry
vile announces that Clark Davis, a
young man, was fatally injured by the
doorkeeper of show at that place
Friday, an died that night Clark
WAS under the influence of whisky and
:lrpw a pistol on the Snowman, when
the latter struck him with club.
Ne learn that the Snowman was tried
aud released.
Paris Post: A woman with six chill,
dren, the oldest not over twelve years,
passed through town, last Monday,
with yoke of small oxen drawing a
diminutive wagon loaded with their
worldly possessions. They claimed to
hail from ReefoOt Lake and were
bound for Franklin, Tenn, whence
they come five years ago. The wo'
mans name was Hall and she claims
ed that her husband and her oldest
daughter, age 10 Yeas, had died of
pneumonia while en- route from the
Lake, from ,hich place they had
started about six week ago. A small
sum of money was made up and giV>
en- the woman, and with her coterie
she went on her way rejoicing. We
have since been informed that the
death of the husband is untrue and